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This is the sixth issue of the Journal of the Tibet Society, published in 1986. Edited by Elliot Sperling, the issue features articles by Siegbert Hummel, David P. Jackson, Michael Walter, and Amy He...

Beckwith demonstrates in this article that the Mongol rulers favored Tibetan lamas at their courts because of their skill in the fields of medicine, astrology, and letters. The willingness and ability...

On the Origin and the Significance of the Prayer Wheel According to Two Nineteenth-Century Tibetan Literary Sources

While Tibetan sources on the subject are rare, this article looks at two short Tibetan pieces which give accounts of the origin and use of the prayer wheel. The first work, which was written by Gungta...

In this article van der Kuijp compares Tibetan sources for the history of the royal family of Degé (sde dge). Two biographies written by a monk named Ugyenpa (u rgyan pa) in 1295 and 1304 respectivel...

This is the seventh issue of the Journal of the Tibet Society, published in 1987. Edited by Elliot Sperling, the issue features articles by Christopher I. Beckwith, Dan Martin, Elliot Sperling, and Al...